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Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Yours till Germany gets Hungary and cooks Turkey in Greece and serves it on China.
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Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; China ; COUNTRY ; Devotion ; Germany ; Hungary ; Nations ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Signature ; Turkey ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Retort
If a person is called a big mouth by another big mouth he says "the donkey said that the rooster had a big head."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Annoying ; Big ; DONKEY ; HEAD ; Hypocrite ; INSULT ; Loud ; Mouth ; RETORT ; Rooster ; Saying
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
BLUE - RARITY OF INCIDENTS - PROVERBIAL STATEMENTS
1) I'LL BE A BLUE-NOSED MONKEY!---SURPRISE AT AN EVENT OR
UNFAMILIAR OBJECT
2) ONCE IN A BLUE MOON---SELDOM
3) A BLUE APPLE---SOMETHING RARE
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Apple ; Blue ; COLOR ; METAPHOR ; Monkey ; MOON ; PROVERB ; Rarity ; SURPRISE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
ALWAYS CARRY A KEY, IF A KEY IS THROWN AT A GHOST, THE GHOST
WILL DISAPPEAR.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Key ; SPIRIT ; SUPERSTITION ; Undead
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
CHRISTMAS FOOD
IN LEBANON, THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS FOOD FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD
IT, IS A TURKEY DINNER.
Submitter comment:
(SOUNDS FAMILIAR)
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; FOOD CUSTOM ; holiday ; Lebanese ; Turkey
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Menus |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
HAD A LITTLE MONKEY,
SAT HIM ON A DONKEY,
FED HIM SOME GINGERBREAD,
ALONG CAME A COUPLE,
HIT HIM ON THE KNUCKLE,
NOW MY MONKEY'S DEAD.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME WAS AND STILL SUNG BY SYD'S AUNT MARGE USUALLY WHEN DRUNK.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DONKEY ; DRINKING SONG ; Gingerbread ; Monkey ; RHYME ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1980 ; 00-00-1950